Empty platitudes have never been and never will be an alternative to concrete positive actions and this holds true for all, including those seeking their rights

The misplaced euphoria in some circles about the recovery of some missing persons recently on the Supreme Court’s orders in Quetta obscured the larger problem and the real issue — namely, the accountability of those responsible for illegal abductions and killing of Baloch activists and making them pay for these crimes. This it seems was neither the intention nor the outcome of the recent hearings and orders. So the matters related to missing persons not only remain where they always have been but have increased the possibility of more brutality as can be seen from the torture that Khan Mohammad Marri suffered, who was abducted on March 26, 2012 from New Kahan and his body recovered on April 21, 2012.